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Maura :
It should be interest free
2026-03-12 20:22:39
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Rebecca Jane Brown :
We were CHILDREN. why don’t they talk about this more. We were not adults when we made these decisions.
2026-03-14 00:07:38
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Courtney - Team Flange 🩷 :
Mines nearly at 100K and I was at uni about 7 years ago
2026-03-14 11:51:51
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mothcub :
yeah it's just extra tax until you're 55 basically
2026-03-14 11:06:53
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B :
I'm on £49k and interest is still accumulating faster than I'm paying it off. It's insane
2026-03-14 09:05:10
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Geekybea🏳️🌈🇬🇧 :
I remember them saying “it’s not a real loan, and you won’t notice it because it will be about the same as a phone bill”
2026-03-15 22:34:01
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evie :
This is misinformation - its a percentage of your earnings like a tax, if you don’t earn, you don’t pay, so you would never ‘struggle with payments to get it done’
2026-03-14 15:38:02
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User23 :
I have £123,000 student debt, and have a 15% tax (9% undergrad plus 6% postgrad).
2026-03-13 21:31:40
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Georgia :
Haven’t graduated yet and I owe £68k 🙃
2026-03-14 09:59:19
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CatnissHallas :
I graduated 10 years ago and I still owe £63,923. It was such a common conversation that you won’t pay it off until you have the means and then after 30 years it’ll be wiped anyway. I don’t remember anyone mentioning the amount of interest etc 😭
2026-03-14 10:21:04
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snarkingwithsophie :
Just had mine written off. University was a waste of time for me
2026-03-14 08:50:05
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wedontknoweachother :
I was surprised that she owed less than she'd initially borrowed and I feel like that says a lot about how f-ed the system is
2026-03-14 09:11:30
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The journalist by the sea :
I don't even have a great paying job, but if I didn't have a degree I probably wouldn't even have this job. We were heavily mis-sold the idea that university was the route to higher wages.
2026-03-14 10:46:16
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Isabelle :
I swear it gets paid like a tax I saw my year 11 health and social teacher show her payslip and only £7 got taken out
2026-03-14 10:00:40
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The Other Big C :
Daughter borrowed 9k for one year course, she paid back 1k, but still owed 12k. We just payed it off, but even that was difficult, as between receiving balance owed and payment going through, it was going up about 2 quid a day!
2026-03-13 19:57:12
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Digby :
I graduated 8 months ago and since then I have had £3,209 added in interest.
2026-03-17 12:07:11
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gee_knight :
I remember the immense pressure I felt to go to uni when I was at college from teachers. Friends of mine going and doing random degrees because they didn’t want to disappoint their family. I’m grateful I took an alternative educational route that didn’t financially ruin me but pushing 17 year olds to make life changing decisions is not ok.
2026-03-14 08:09:04
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Magnolia :
They had a whole presentation at my Sixth Form, back in 2009, where they flat-out LIED to us saying that we would pay no interest. I believed them, because I was 17 and didn't know any better. Now, my monthly payments don't even cover the interest they told me with big smiles that I wouldn't have.
2026-03-15 23:32:02
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OhMariaG :
I'm so glad my sons went about getting their degrees via an apprenticeship. No debt at all.
2026-03-14 05:51:01
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:
currently have my offers from unis and we don’t even really talk about paying it off. It’s just widely accepted that we won’t be able to pay it back, and we’ll be stuck with it until it is written off.
2026-03-14 12:32:12
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Fix Plan 2 Student Loans :
We're making change.
2026-03-13 21:26:55
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Orla 💖 :
You weren’t mis-sold lol. It was your loan - it’s up to you to make sure it’s a good decision.
2026-03-14 09:02:29
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Redteam1917 :
student loan discourse is fucking exhausting from both sides
2026-03-16 14:03:09
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y0shiyo :
I had £2000 taken off in a single month…
2026-03-14 22:01:34
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ScottishAli_in_SW :
NOBODY tells you that there will be interest accrued. It is so wrong.
2026-03-15 17:48:28
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